throw dust in (one's) face

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throw dust in (one's) face

To mislead or deceive someone by presenting or introducing distracting or obfuscating information. It is a common tactic of despotic governments to throw dust in our face with fear and incitements to hatred in order to keep us from questioning their consolidation of power.

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